Improvement in folding extension-tables



J. F. BIBCHARD. Folding Extension-Table.

Patented March 9, I875.

No.l60,506.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING EXTENSIQN-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,506, dated March 9,1875; application filed June 12, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. BIRCHARD, of the city and county ofMilwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvementsin Folding Extension-Table, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to construct an extensiou'table in such amanner that it may be folded or turned up and occupy but little spacewhen not required for use, and for convenience and economy intransportation; also for supporting the extra or loose leaves which formthe top of the table when extended, and consists in connecting thepermanent top and slides to the permanent pillars or feet-supports bypivots or hinges; also in a manner of pivoting or hinging and bracingthe loose legs supporting the other end of the table when required foruse, or extended, and in a manner of supporting the extra leaves of thetable when folded or turned up, as will be hereafter more fullydescribed.

In the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view of the table turned down and extended for use.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same folded up and supporting theloose leaves. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the slide and jointsattached to pillar B and leg 0.

A is the permanent top leaf at one end of the table; A, the leaf at theother end of the table. B B are pillars, supported by feet at thepermanent end of the table. To these pillars are attached the slides,and to them the top of the table. G G are loose or swinging legs,attached to the slides G, and when out in place support the end of thetable. D is a brace, which is secured at one end to the extension-slidesGG, and is provided at the other end with slots F F, which slots engagewith the pins E E upon the legs 0 0 when the table is turned down inposition shown, Fig. l, for the purpose of bracing such legs and holdingthem firmly in such position. H is a metal piece on the ends of legs 0O, with a pin or bolt passing through metal piece H into slide Gr,forming a hinge. I is a rest or shelf-support on the feet, which supportpillars B B for the loose leaves to stand on when the table is foldedup. K are loose leaves standing on rest I; L, a pivot-joint attached topillar B, forming a joint or hinge by which the table is folded up.

The advantages of this table are simplicity and cheapness ofconstruction. It is compact, and designed to be folded up so as to passthrough any ordinary door, or placed against the side of the room,thereby economizing space when small apartments are occupied.

I claim as my invention- 1. An extension folding table, constructed asdescribed, and provided with leaves A and A, permanent pillars and legsB B, slides G, and joint L, substantially as shown and specified.

2. The combination of loose legs 0 G, brace D, and slides Gr, arrangedsubstantially as described.

3. The shelf I for supporting the loose or extra leaves of anextension-table, in combination with pillars and feet B B, substantiallyas shown and described.

JOHN F. BIBOHARD.

Witnesses:

HERMANN Parson, J. B. SMITH.

